Liverpool are on the verge of winning a record-equalling 20th championship, but their coronation will be delayed following a 3-2 loss to Fulham at Craven Cottage this afternoon.
With their nearest rival, Arsenal, drawing 1-1 at Goodison Park on Saturday, coupled with this loss, Liverpool now holds an 11-point lead and requires only eight points from their remaining six matches to clinch the Premier League title.
FT: Fulham 3-2 Liverpool
Liverpool lose away from home in the Premier League for the first time under Arne Slot.
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Perhaps complacency had crept in, as they found themselves trailing by two or more goals at halftime in England’s top division for the first time since February 2023 (against Wolves), and they have yet to win a Premier League match after being two or more goals down at halftime since October 2008, when they came back to win 3–2 against Manchester City. From then onwards, the Reds found themselves in this situation on 23 occasions (including today) and lost each time.
Had they won, the road map would be smooth: the Merseyside giants could be crowned English champions later this month, but that would also have required Arsenal to lose their subsequent two matches: at home against Brentford next weekend and away at Ipswich Town on April 20th. The Gunners kick off before Leicester entertains Liverpool.
While there are many factors contributing to Liverpool’s current position, none is more significant than Mohamed Salah, their undisputed talisman. However, today was an uncharacteristically anonymous showing from the soon-to-be-crowned PFA Players’ Player of the Year.
It was his counterpart, Alex Iwobi, who stole the show in a historically bad first-half performance from the Reds, who could have conceded an early spot-kick. Fulham were aggrieved they weren’t handed an early penalty when Andreas Pereira robbed a casual Ibrahima KonatĂ© in his own box and squared for Rodrigo Muniz as CaoimhĂn Kelleher sprawled at his feet, but the big Brazilian immediately had Virgil van Dijk in his face and snatched at the shot, which he sliced horribly. Muniz did rush his shot, but only because he was about to be wiped out by a 6ft 7ins man-mountain of a goalkeeper.
Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher at Craven Cottage: “Has VAR missed something with Kelleher and Pereira?”
To add insult to injury, the deadlock was finally broken ten minutes later when Alexis Mac Allister struck a remarkable shot from 20 yards, finding the back of the net beyond Leno. Muniz was outmanoeuvred on the halfway line, and both Alex Iwobi and Sander Berge were unable to stop the Argentine. Mac Allister then found space at the edge of the Fulham box before firing a ...
